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- Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection (IPPs) are abolished, but there’s more to do
- How and when not to reform the House of Lords
- You couldn’t make ‘em up
- London mayoral election: even if you like Ms Benita, vote 1. Ken to beat Boris (with two updates, 10 April)
- Antisocial behaviour as Labour’s main priority? Blairism lives!
- Cash for access: shocking, but all parties are funded by selling influence
- Abu Qatada: what Yvette Cooper should be saying, but isn’t
- On the fate of prisoners now indefinitely incarcerated as IPPs
- More on Scotland and devo max
- The Scottish Question: bad journalism and now some good
Recent comments
- Crime and punishment roundup - Overlawyered { [...] New UK justice law abolishes indefinite sentences for public protection (IPPs) [Barder] [...] }
- ObiterJ on Apr 24, 7:09 PM
Much as you might wish it Brian there is no chance of Labour saying this. Regrettably, in the Blair years the Labour Party became little... - Iain Orr on Feb 17, 9:00 AM
An excellent blog. You are right to speak and act as though the Labour party has just mislaid parts of its soul, rather than despairing... - john miles on Feb 11, 9:30 PM
Do you really think Ms Cooper - or any other New Labourite - would ever say anything so obviously honest and sensible? If so, who?... - john miles on Apr 03, 12:26 AM
"Whenever the choice was exercised, it would tend to reflect ephemeral crises (jerry-cans and pasties and a freak by-election result) rather than real long-term issues."... - Brian on Apr 01, 11:40 AM
Brian writes: Thank you for this, John. The idea of giving voters a choice of party to which their tax contribution would be sent (I... - john miles on Mar 31, 10:34 PM
Like you, I'm a bit allergic to the idea of funding the parties out of taxes for them to spend on lying to us every... - Helen on Mar 29, 4:07 PM
Following some previous excellent advice about appealing against not being given an oral review, our son's solicitor did the necessary, and hey presto, an oral... - Helen on Mar 17, 12:12 PM
Dear Bob, Thank you for that, and yes, you are right about the SARN report, and its recommendation, which has now been seized upon by... - Brian on Mar 13, 4:52 PM
Just to be clear, I'm not advocating that 'the status quo' should be left off the referendum ballot paper. On the reasonable assumption that by... - Older »
Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection (IPPs) are abolished, but there's more to do (16 comments)
Abu Qatada: what Yvette Cooper should be saying, but isn't (4 comments)
Cash for access: shocking, but all parties are funded by selling influence (4 comments)
On the fate of prisoners now indefinitely incarcerated as IPPs (8 comments)
More on Scotland and devo max (17 comments)
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